maybe it's just me, but the end of summer has always felt like someone suddenly flipped a switch and changed everything overnight. the light, the air, the mood, everything. of course, there's this spectacularly beautiful transition called indian summer in canada and north america, and simply "herbst" here. but the beginning of this magnificent end always feels abrupt to me. recently, it happened again. just like when I was a child, I felt a sense of melancholy, as if it were a permanent farewell. maybe for it will actually be that way. someday.

anyway, in 1981, I had the bizarre idea of writing a musical. I was attracted by the complex challenge. but, above all, it was because I had always been immensely impressed by the musicals of the 60s and 70s: just freaking divine melodies, usually too dramatic, playful and operetta-like for radio.

I got started and wrote a musical about mice (while in london someone way more talented was creating one about cats;-) of course, autumn had to play a role, with all the feelings I associate with it, which I also attribute to mice. scene: two mice sitting together, watching a beautiful sunset, one of them starts singing and dancing.

over the past 40 years, I have reinterpreted the theme of this special part countless times (just example in the case of massive curiosity: ( https://youtu.be/az0T2Uzkgk0?si=QLOK4hJ5i5GcsDbr ), but it has only now become a song with the vocals written once.

I’d also like to share the very first sketch on the subject, once recorded in my band's rehearsal room with a working text. we shared the room with a keyboardist with an unimaginable amount of money. this allowed him to afford things I secretly used for this recording: a brand-new wonder machine called the teac tascam portastudio 244 80s 4 track multitrack cassette tape recorder!!! a yamaha cp 70 grand piano!!! a korg cx-3 organ!!! and a roland tr-808 rhythm composer!!! absolutely insane!!! the rest is my “voice” and, of course, the strat.

And since I’m already at it, I created a template-free hip hop interpretation of the lyrics that more closely reflects my current mood, which is certainly age-related;-)

©music and lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers, instrumental cover and vocal performance by suno 4.5+

One last warm ray of sunlight.
reflected in the leaves' dance.
A flock of birds flies away.
A sky full of differences.

Nothing blooms or sparkles in the air anymore.
Only the weary scent of farewell.
Of all the strength that once was.
Now, only memories remain.

A quiet dying, piece by piece.
Looking forward, we look back.
To everything light and carefree,
that returned every morning.

as if nothing was ever too late.
Because time turns in circles.
in a boundless world,
where nothing lasts forever.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?

Colourful and enchantingly beautiful to this day.
A play of colours, no farewell.
One last warm ray of sunshine.
There won't be another one.

There won't be another one.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?


Spürst du das auch? (Musical Version)

Any The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans around?

Brief conversation with a somewhat upset sentient elevator

An Unwanted Goodbye is a piece for solo piano, cello and violins, born from the need to give voice to a farewell that was never chosen.
Like doves, who remain loyal to one partner for life, this music tells the story of a love torn apart — not by time, but by a sudden shot fired for “sport.”

The piano unfolds with a slow, silent bass line, while the strings weave a fragile, cinematic melody — expressing disorientation, absence, and the quiet pain of losing everything in an instant.
There are no screams. Only silence. The kind of silence left by hunting, when a life is taken for fun, leaving behind only emptiness.

This composition stands as a statement against hunting, against the cruelty that destroys innocent lives in the name of entertainment.
Sometimes, within that emptiness, a melody is born.
And this is mine.

Composed by Francesco Adornetto (piano) & Jane Johnson (strings).

An Unwanted Goodbye

Largo-Allegro Cantabile in A for String Quartet, no. 80

Hey Folks... This is a new collaboration with the insanely talented Mr. Hall! Noobly created this intensely imaginative instrumental track that was just so inviting. He asked me to write lyrics to his inspiring track, and the rest is history. It is forever my pleasure and honor to work with such an enormously talented composer and producer! Thanks for the ride Andy... Here's to many more!

Copyright Noobly / Nat Daniels 2025

Music / production : Noobly
Lyrics / Vocals : Nat Daniels

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
I walked on sacred stones
to fulfil your dream
I never tried to run
I never dared to flee
I kept this feeling deep
so deep inside I couldn't sleep
And then It woke me up and
Something took a hold of me

(Pre Chorus)
It's like I finally see you
and finally see myself

(Chorus)
And it's so strange...
It’s so strange..

(Pre Chorus)
The things I thought forbidden
Was not a sin at all
Because we're only human
And it's to want something more..
Is this my skin, is this my all?

(Chorus)
And it's so strange...
It’s so strange..

(Verse 2)
A Vessel just on loan
A mask I've always worn
But underneath it All,
I feel the seeds I've sown
Is it too late to change
It’s time to let it fall

(Pre Chorus)
It's like I finally see you
And finally see myself

(Chorus)
And it's so strange...
It’s so strange..

(Pre Chorus)
My skin's a silent witness
To stories never told
Lost and found within it
A soul that’s slowly growing old
On earth for just a moment
'til I'm truly home...

(Chorus)
And it's so strange...
It’s so strange…

It's So Strange

It's so Strange - Nat Daniels & Noobly

Délivrance (Ethera. 2)

Check out joerxworx on #SoundCloud
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Shout out to Jörg for the VST recommendation. This is my first time using this world of wind instruments.. I got it to have a Duduk!

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SOLO: World Synth
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Shout out also to Mark. Very lucky to work with our Canadian friend through EC and musical collabs, but Mark seeded this whole idea with a comment about going to the dark side with music


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Also shout out to Aileen who introduced me to Duduk properly last year

Here's the Duduk Jedi Master...
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The whole idea of embracing melancholic music as a package for me is an incredible therapy and has been since I was a very young. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber, Inspector Morse Theme Tune by Barrington Pheloung and Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone would be the three big examples that come to mind. The first two in particular... Then a more popular example from that period of my life would be All by Myself by Eric Carmen. That sits up there as a brave wtf song that's just incredible in it's vulnerability. More recently Id put Exit Music for a Film by Radiohead in a similar beautiful mind bending melancholic box.

The song image is a picture of a sunrise over my back wall and in the foreground is the micro world we never really see. It's moss growing on the wall and for me it represents visually, perspective is everything. We can't see the world like an ant does unless we get in amongst the weeds and get close to look. Even then it's difficult to share the same point of view an ant has.
I guess that can be an analogy of where your soul goes in the land of melancholic music. Although it can invoke feelings of sadness I think that's therapeutic for our overall beings. I think maybe psychologically, like a poem can do also, we are reflecting our emotion with something words as plain language cannot fully explain but where sound and poetry maybe can do a better job of helping them materialise for you. So they become a solidarity of sorts for those hard to understand feelings we all feel from time to time in our lives. A safe reference that maybe forces you to feel them instead of oppressing the feelings


Instrumentation

43bpm
Tuning 440Hz A
Key A minor (A hat tip to Armenia where Duduk is from)
-Mellow Duduk 1 low drone run and 1 melodic run played on keyboard
-2 x runs of Tremolo Acoustic Guitar (Ovation)
-Airways pad in Logic mirroring Duduk drone played on keys
-Middle Eastern Kit with roots rock beat
-4 vocal runs - Two Low & Two mid
-Piano played on Keys
-Electric Guitar Lead


Melancholy of Mystery

Good meandering mind
Knead this mystery
Warm sound sine waves
To cool great history

Sad for some
Tranquil for this one
An aide to not fear pain
Through music and sum

From mountain flutes of finest native
To slow bent strings move contemplative

Dawn drama drowns a mind afraid
Good mind prepared through sounds that save

These sounds are sage
'Fill in true meaning
Soothe honest zen
With deep thought streaming

Heart pounds a rush
Thrill of uncertain
New found feeling
On fear we pull a curtain

Good meandering mind
Knead this mystery
Warm sound sine waves
To cool great history

Sad for some
Tranquil for this one
An aide to not fear pain
Through music and sum

Dinnseanchas of history
Melancholy of mystery
Filling true meaning
Mellifluous streaming

Melancholy of Mystery

the kindness that I need

I have the honour to post this piece with the added cello part by my good friend Michael Hanrahan, I'm very grateful to him to have this created for me...
I hope you have pleasure in listening as much as I have writing it...

To listen to more of Michael's music
https://soundcloud.com/michaelhanrahanmoore78

Art picture has been given by my son...

Largo-Allegro Cantabile in A for String Quartet, no. 80

Michael McNamara